6 January 1852
Lincoln, Massachusetts

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        Thoreau wrote in his journal entry for 7 January 1852, "Last evening walked to Lincoln to lecture in a driving snow storm" (PEJ4, p. 242), which several earlier commentators had mistakenly assumed meant that he had lectured in Lincoln that evening, when actually he had walked to Lincoln that evening to listen to a lecture. For commentary, see lecture 33 above.